Curtain-support.



IINTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HUBERT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHNWEIMER, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CURTAIN-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application i'lled July 5,1906. Serial No. 324.808.

citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements inCurtain-Supports, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for attaching bar or short windowcurtains especially but applicable to curtains and draperies in general,the principal features being brackets which for window use areattachable to the window frame or sash, as desirable.

A further feature of this invention is an improved elastic metallic rodfor supporting the curtain.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view or elevation showing thedevice applied to a window. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of theend brackets, both being similar or interchangeable. Fig. 3 is a planview of the elastic or adjustable rod or cable for supporting thecurtain. 1

In the drawings, 9 is the window curtain or shade.

1() refers to one of the brackets as a whole, comprising, specifically,a box-like or rectangular upper part 10a open at its top and providedwith three walls having slots 10b, each of which has a lower circularenlargement 10C. Extending downwardly from the boX or upper part is aplate 10d, having screw-holes for attaching the bracket to thewindow-frame 11 or sash.

The elastic cable or rod for supporting the curtain is made of a steelclosely-coiled wire 12a. This cable is attached at its ends to heads 13,each having a socket 13, into which the coil is inserted and attached bysolder or otherwise. Each head 13 has a reduced neck 13b and a button orenlargement 13C. These heads are intended and adapted to engage theslots in the brackets 10. By entering the reduced neck 13b in the slot10h the button will then engage in the larger hole 10C and preventaocidental disengagement of the hanger.

On account of the cable being elastic it is easily stretched to suitvarious widths of windows or window-frames. When it is desired to cleanthe window, the cable, without removing the curtain therefrom, may bedetached from one bracket and looped, the head at the free end beinginserted into one of the unoccupied notches in the' other bracket, sothat both ends of the cable will be attached to one bracket and thecurtain will thus be hung out of the way until it is put up again. Thesebrackets may be attached on the sides of the window-frame or on the faceof the same, the slots being provided in all three sides of the bracket.The elastic cable so formed will support a light or ordinary curtain, aswell as a rod, and, furthermore, will not break when accidentally struckor leaned against or when the curtain is pulled down by children orothers, since it will yield to all ordinary pulls and will then returnto original position.

I claim* 1. The combination in a curtain-support, of an elastic cablehaving at the ends thereof heads with reduced necks, and enlarged portions adjacent to said necks, and a basket having a slot extending infrom one edge thereof and terminating in an enlarged hole, the slotbeing adapted to receive the neck and allow said enlarged portion toenter the enlarged hole.

2. The combination in a curtain-support, of a flexible cable havingheads at `the ends thereof, and brackets comprising box-like bodieshaving a plurality of walls each of which is provided with a slot inwhich one of the heads is engageable.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM HUBERT.

Witnesses'. v

H. G. BATCHELOR, WM. J. ROBINSON.

